I love clown shoes, great Northern Mass beer. I also love chocolate stouts, I would have liked this more with a lower alcohol content and sans vanilla. But that is what I would have liked. This is a respectable beer and is probably many drinkers favorites. Great beer and will be loved many I expect. Certainly worth a try. The second one was much better!!!haha, the third should be dayleshushhh

Pours almost black with ruby edges and a half finger of head. The nose has some chocolate essence. The flavor profile dials up a decent dose of chocolate flavor with bitter cocoa finish. All-in-all, the body is a trace thin.

Pretty dang tasty. As with many other beers in this style, there was a slight copper taste on the backend, but there is lots of chocolate and vanilla on both the nose and taste. Overall this is a very good beer, but not amazing.

Pours near black with reddish tan highlights. Little head forms but disappears.

Nose is slight chocolate, and dark fruit.

Taste follows with a good chocolate base up front and the cinnamon is just there enough in the background to be known. Some slight hop bitterness lingers a bit. Very little spiciness but it's blended in just right. Adds some bite to the smooth chocolate but doesn't overwhelm it by any means

Medium body and somewhat mouth-coating. Good bit of carbonation but goes pretty good with the blend of flavors in it.

I was a little nervous when i picked this up but the price was right. Not sure how I would feel about potential spiciness and chili pepper heat. I'm surprised as to how much I like this. The pepper and cinnamon are definitely there but way backstage of the chocolate and decent hop kick within.